Ex-clients pursue class action against PI lawyer who allegedly charged excessive fees

Three former clients are pursuing a class action against a personal injury lawyer, contending that he charged them excessive legal fees. Spearheading the case was Cassie Hodge, who contends that she got only $8,000 of a $150,000 accident settlement after paying Gary Neinstein and Neinstein & Associates of Toronto their…

Jan 22, 2013 5:21 PM CST

Three dead, one wounded in courthouse shooting

A retired Canadian journalist shot and killed the pediatric surgeon who had pursued a malicious mischief case against him and the doctor’s lawyer on Tuesday before dying himself in a courthouse in the Philippines, authorities said. There are conflicting accounts about whether the shooting suspect, John Pope, 63, was killed…

Jan 22, 2013 4:27 PM CST

Top Chicago Litigators to Retry 2,400-Year-Old Socrates Case Before 7th Circuit’s Judge Posner

Star litigators in Chicago are preparing to retry a controversial 2,400-year-old free speech case that famously resulted in the death of Socrates, now considered the father of Greek philosophy, when he drank a cup of poisonous hemlock. Dan Webb of Winston and Strawn and plaintiffs lawyer Robert A. Clifford, a…

Jan 2, 2013 7:12 PM CST

ACLU Suit in US Was Dismissed, But Euro Court Says Man Mistaken for Terrorist Was Brutalized by CIA

When a German car salesman filed suit in the U.S. claiming that he had been mistaken for an al-Qaida terrorist with a similar name and held for months and interrogated and brutalized in Macedonia and Afghanistan as part of a clandestine rendition program operated by the CIA, the case was…

Dec 13, 2012 10:50 PM CST

UK Spy Accused of Attacking Colleague to Be Tried Behind Screen, Under Pseudonym

A British spy is accused of sexually assaulting, beating and harassing a female colleague at various times last year will be tried for in a highly unusual manner next year. Because the 28-year-old’s life could be in danger if his identity is revealed, he will be tried under a pseudonym,…

Dec 10, 2012 8:19 PM CST

Dec. 3, 1984: Bhopal Chemical Leak Kills Thousands in India

Dec 1, 2012 6:50 AM CST

United Sues Over Customer Complaint Website Design; Operator Calls Blog an Obvious Parody

A major airline has sued a Canadian engineering professor in his home country, contending that the 15-year-old website on which he compiles customer and employee complaints violates its intellectual property rights and worker privacy. United Continental Holdings only sued after owner Jeremy Cooperstock reworked his untied.com blog in April to…

Nov 29, 2012 5:20 PM CST

Told Apple Needs 14 Days to Change ‘Untrue’ Samsung Correction Notice, UK Judge Expresses Disbelief

Ordered by the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice last month to put a post on its website explaining that a competitor didn’t copy its iPad design, Apple Inc. tried to comply but published a notice that was “untrue” and “incorrect,” according to British judges. Then, when Apple was ordered…

Nov 1, 2012 9:53 PM CDT

Woman Sues Apple Over Smart Devices, Says She Never Agreed to Have Location Data Tracked and Stored

In a legal case that could become a class action, a Canadian woman has sued Apple Inc., contending that she and her son did not consent, when they purchased or were given an iPhone and iPod, to have their location data tracked and stored. Anyone with “moderate computer knowledge” could…

Oct 31, 2012 7:11 PM CDT

Vietnam Bloggers Hit with Lengthy Prison Sentences

Press freedom advocates and international human rights groups are criticizing harsh sentences of three bloggers targeted by Vietnam authorities for being critical of the government. The International Herald Tribune reports that “Vietnam seems to be racing China to the bottom of the press-freedom index” produced by Reporters Without Borders. Of…

Sep 25, 2012 12:45 PM CDT

Norway Embarks on First Genocide Trial, Rwandan Man Pleads Not Guilty

A Rwandan man is facing trial in Norway on charges he participated in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Sadi Bugingo, who traveled to Norway in 2001 to join family, has pleaded not guilty, the Associated Press reports. But authorities maintain he took part in the killings of 2,000…

Sep 25, 2012 11:15 AM CDT

Royal Family Wins Initial Round in Lawsuit Over Topless Photos of Sunbathing Duchess of Cambridge

A French court has sided with the British royal family in a lawsuit filed almost immediately following the publication of photos of the topless Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing on a secluded private estate there during a vacation with her husband, Prince William. The French gossip magazine Closer must pay Kate…

Sep 18, 2012 5:25 PM CDT

New Fireworks in Ethics Trial of Prominent Canadian Judge, as Quasi-Prosecutor Steps Down

After previously questioning the impartiality of a panel overseeing a controversial legal ethics case against a Canadian judge, a lawyer serving in something of a prosecutorial role has stepped down in the middle of the trial. Guy Pratte’s resignation followed his recent filing of a Federal Court motion contending that…

Aug 27, 2012 10:38 PM CDT

The Big Push: ABA Urges the Senate to Finally Ratify Law of the Sea Convention

Aug 1, 2012 5:50 AM CDT

Law Prof, a Former Judge, Is Criminally Charged in Claimed Sex-for-Grades Corruption Case

A law professor at National University of Singapore is facing six criminal corruption counts, accused of giving a student better grades in exchange for sex. The student also allegedly gave Tey Tsun Hang, 41, an expensive Mont Blanc pen and taillor-made shirts and paid a four-figure bill for him, according…

Jul 27, 2012 5:43 PM CDT